founder, coder, hacker; crypto systems + ml
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2012
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Aaron Li retweeted
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence.
block.xyz/dessa
Looked into mmWave, THz scanner, Faraday bags for dealing with hacked ledger as a fun hackathon project with @Aileengf1 at Frontiers 2026. Still WIP - the methods are promising - cheap, non-intrusive enough for every day use. Maybe @Ledger should have a built-in Faraday housing
- Kitchen scale: [HOTO](hototools.com/products/smart…)
- Milligram scale ×2: [MAXUS](amazon.com/dp/B07ZQZ962K)
- Rigid ruler: [Benchmark](taytools.com/benchmark-rigid…)
- Window Faraday bag: [Mission Darkness](amazon.com/dp/B01A7JLN7C)
- RF display/controller: [Flipper Zero](flipper.net/products/flipper…)
- RF detector module (DIY software required; currently unavailable): [RF Meter Click](mikroe.com/rf-meter-click-cl…)
- RF antenna: [Nooelec UWB Surveyor](nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-ad…)
- Antenna cable: [SMA male–male](nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-ad…)
- GPIO jumper wires: [Adafruit](adafruit.com/product/1954)
- mmWave radar kit: [Infineon BGT60UTR11AIP](digikey.com/en/products/deta…)
- THz system (quote required): [Menlo TERA ASOPS](menlosystems.com/products/th…)
- THz imaging attachment: [Menlo TERA Image](menlosystems.com/products/th…)
better mmWave radar kit [Infineon BGT60TR13C]: mouser.com/en/ProductDetail/…
time for 2 more sparks - wish there are cost efficient high bandwidth alternatives at $20-30k level
GLM‑5.3 full, the big one, running at home on 4 DGX Sparks.
Same galaxy prompt as my Flash test. One self‑contained Three.js file.
• Quant: @vic305's EXL3 3.38bpw SAGE (319 GB)
• Engine: TensorFold TP4 + DFlash2, 4× DGX Spark
• 85.7K tokens (68.9K thinking)
• 42.4 min · ~34 tok/s
• 939 lines · 44 KB HTML
• Thinking max, no output cap
• 1 fix: exposure 1.15 → 0.85 (one line); core dive still bright
Thanks @vic305 for the quant + 4‑Spark recipe, and @ashxhart for tensorfold
Aaron Li retweeted
Pair the R1 with your 3D printer and you can make transparent acrylic art at home.
Thundercloud Lamp by Daniel4d
Layered Clock by Bambu Lab
share.bambulab.com/4dSBo83
Product idea: a hyperlocal temporary marketplace for small tasks - like a Taskrabbit for conferences - where people can offer or get paid doing tasks on demand such as:
- waiting in line to get coffee / food
- attend a talk and take photos / videos / notes, observe vibe
- collect merch / contacts / info from booths
- find and reserve charging places, seats, meeting tables
- "tour guides"
- ...
Aaron Li retweeted
Meet EmbeddingGemma 2, our first natively multimodal open model for on-device embeddings.
It expands beyond text to unify code, images, audio, and video in a shared space. 🧵
Aaron Li retweeted
Today we’re announcing Personal Agent Protocol — an open standard @Meta and @SierraPlatform are developing along with industry partners at @Genesys, @instinct, @RocketOTD, @Shopify, @stripe, and @Walmart. It will help define how personal agents interact with businesses and is open for anyone to implement.
Read more: sierra.ai/blog/introducing-p…
Much simpler onchain & without hopping layers and bridges
Migration complete. Derive is running on its new V3 architecture.
Market makers and traders are reconnecting as liquidity builds back up. Withdrawals for some assets may take up to a week to resume.
We'll share more about V3 in the coming days, including a closer look at the new architecture and what’s next for users and builders.
Aaron Li retweeted
We've been busy.
→ Deribit, the world's largest crypto options exchange, is now part of Coinbase
→ Soon, a first: US + global derivatives in one regulated liquidity pool
→ Next: options, spot margin + unified portfolios
And Coinbase Pro returns later this year.
Aaron Li retweeted
Meet Bambu Lab R1. Big job. Light work.
Starting at $2,499
Pre-orders now open share.bambulab.com/4dSBo83
Aaron Li retweeted
What I like about Jev: for years, large generalist models sucked almost all the oxygen out of AI.
But there are huge opportunities in much more specialized and customized models, built for specific tasks and languages and as a result, orders of magnitude cheaper, faster and more optimized. There are 3 million of them publicly available on @huggingface.
Let's build a much more diverse AI ecosystem!
Aaron Li retweeted
Steam Frame is here! Our wireless VR headset + controllers, available now in the following models:
Steam Frame 256GB
Steam Frame 1TB
Sign up now and learn more on @Steam store.steampowered.com/hardw…
Tried polymarket.us at Blizzcon (Overwatch Championship) for the first time - fast, smooth, crypto invisible throughout the whole user experience
